2001 Ballymena Borough Council election

Elections to Ballymena Borough Council were held on 7 June 2001 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 24 councillors.

Election results
Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

Districts summary
!rowspan=2 align="left"|Ward ! %
 * - class="unsortable" align="centre"

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!rowspan=2|Total Cllrs

!colspan=2 bgcolor="" | DUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | UUP !colspan=2 bgcolor="" | SDLP !colspan=2 bgcolor="white"| Others
 * - class="unsortable" align="center"
 * align="left"|Ballymena North
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|27.7
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 24.8
 * 2
 * 13.8
 * 1
 * 33.7
 * 2
 * 7
 * align="left"|Ballymena South
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|4
 * 22.1
 * 2
 * 17.3
 * 1
 * 4.8
 * 0
 * 7
 * align="left"|Bannside
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|55.2
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|3
 * 24.0
 * 1
 * 17.6
 * 1
 * 3.2
 * 0
 * 5
 * align="left"|Braid
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|41.8
 * bgcolor="#D46A4C"|2
 * 40.3
 * 2
 * 17.5
 * 1
 * 0.4
 * 0
 * 5
 * - class="unsortable" class="sortbottom" style="background:#C9C9C9"
 * align="left"| Total
 * 44.9
 * 11
 * 27.5
 * 7
 * 16.5
 * 4
 * 11.1
 * 2
 * 24
 * }
 * 4
 * 11.1
 * 2
 * 24
 * }
 * }

Ballymena North
1997: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 2 x Independent, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from Alliance, Independent leaves UUP and Independent Unionist becomes Independent

Ballymena South
1997 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

2001 4 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP

Bannside
1997: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP

2001: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: SDLP gain from UUP

Braid
1997: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP

2001: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP

1997-2001 Change: DUP gain from UUP